Do yourself a favor and go to Skywest. I am working within the Quadra-angle of evil and it aint pretty to commute let alone from the west cost. A guy that was in my crashpad in CMH (which is a real possibility for you) commuted from SEA and even if he got 3 days off in a row he spent 2 days just commuting on his days off just to get to and from work. Commutable lines are barely existant there too. I would go to Skywest on the Brasilia and upgrade quickly. Even if you were based in FAT you could drive the grapevine from LA just as long as it would take you to commute across country.